Mar 4, 2024 | Newsletters
I recently visited a longtime donor of HelpAge Canada in Eastern Canada, who’s now in a wheelchair and living in a retirement home after a car accident. She shared her struggles with navigating her city’s inaccessible buildings and sidewalks – she can’t do so many of...
Sep 13, 2023 | Newsletters
September 2023 – Small Tractor, Big Possibilities September 13th, 2023 | Newsletters What a difference something as small as a tractor can make! After recurring droughts ravaged Kenya and left an estimated 5.4 million Kenyans at risk of severe food insecurity,...
Jun 15, 2023 | Newsletters
June 2023 – Making a Difference Around the World June 15th, 2023 | Newsletters HelpAge Canada is proud to support older people in the island nation of Dominica through our Sponsor a Grandparent program, which is made possible thanks to the hard work of...
Mar 15, 2023 | Newsletters
March 2023 – Marking OneYear of Russia’s Full-Scale War in Ukraine Mar 15, 2023 | Newsletters Gregor Sneddon, Executive Director of HelpAge Canada, visited Ukraine in January 2023 to speakwith volunteers and internally displaced persons, and to see first-hand how...
Apr 29, 2022 | Newsletters
Spring 2022 – Ageism is REAL Apr 29, 2022 | Newsletters One of the most powerful experiences I have had with HelpAge Canada is travelling and being confronted, face to face, with hard working, family loving, self-giving older people, who are destitute because there is...
Feb 14, 2022 | Newsletters
Winter 2022 – Dedicated to the Idea Feb 14, 2022 | Newsletters By 2050, almost 20% of the world’s population will be over 65, and in modern or developed countries likeCanada this number could be as high as one in three or even one in two people. It is not just that we...
